Meanings of short metre in anglès

Nearly the whole school of good short metre tunes, from St.

We will now dispose of this miserable prosecution, in short metre.

I'll show you what can be done in short metre.

Drunkenness I abominate, Mr. Mulford, and I can tell you, short metre, that I will not stand it.

Discovering his mistake at the second word, he balked, and tried it again, but now he stumbled on short metre.

The sailor sings it out like the first line of a hymn in short metre, doled out by the parish clerk.

Skelton adopted, as we have seen, a quick, short metre, somewhat analogous to the "Swift Iambics," of the Greek humorists.

"Now, boys, we'll all run and hide, and Trip will find us in short metre."

This wonderfully versatile metre admits of keeping the right medium between the dignified, almost prancing hexameter, and the shorter metres of the lyrics.

"When I once put my hand to the work," said Tom, laughing, "down they must come, in short metre, if they're bigger than Goliah.